One of the recurring questions I get is "How do you learn all this stuff?". There is no shortcut, just tons of time. At the start of channel my every 30 minutes recorded was easily 4-5 hours of research and reading. That's not including solving the box.
It also does not include all the time I spent after solving the box talking with people like @0xdf, @MinatoTW_ , @snowscan and many more to learn about things I missed or didn't fully understand.
Not to mention all the time I spend on google or reading books. This can be a tough field, but it is very rewarding and anyone is capable of doing it. I have next to zero college experience, not even an associates degree. And my high school didn’t really have IT classes.
Notice a lot of the books there aren’t “red team books”. Heck there’s even a CISSP book mixed in that I learned from. The mistake I believe most people make is spending too more time finding the “optimal path” instead of just trying to learn from anyone, especially themself.